The meaning of your USERname - Tiki Central Ohana

M ModMana Tiki Socialite San Diego, CA Joined: Sep 05, 2002 Posts: 263	M ModMana Posted posted on Mon, Dec 22, 2003 6:24 PM My username came from my obsession for two different passions. "Mid-Century Modern" style and, of course, "Tiki" culture. The first part is easy, "Mod" is short for Modern. "Mod" was also a term often used as slang in the 1960s to describe something that was "hip". I also like to think of "Mod" as a word implying that something has been updated for the present time. The second part "Mana" is the Polynesian/Hawaiian/Maori word meaning "the power of the elemental forces of nature embodied in an object or person" (quote from Webster's). However, I first came to truly understand and appreciate the term Mana from reading "The Book Of Tiki". On pages 176-180 there is a passage that explains the origins of tiki mug collecting. This is my favorite part of The Book! Two quotes that particularly stand out are, "...the belief that the human head contained the largest share of Mana (or life power) led to the custom of headhunting, with the purpose of accumulating as much Mana as possible" and, "...contemporary tiki mug collectors can be likened to 20th-century headhunters, lining up their prizes like tribal relics on the skull rack". Awesome stuff...thanks Sven. On the old Yahoo group my username was SolGrinder...but that's another story altogether. ModMana :drink:

My username came from my obsession for two different passions. "Mid-Century Modern" style and, of course, "Tiki" culture.

The first part is easy, "Mod" is short for Modern. "Mod" was also a term often used as slang in the 1960s to describe something that was "hip". I also like to think of "Mod" as a word implying that something has been updated for the present time.

The second part "Mana" is the Polynesian/Hawaiian/Maori word meaning "the power of the elemental forces of nature embodied in an object or person" (quote from Webster's). However, I first came to truly understand and appreciate the term Mana from reading "The Book Of Tiki". On pages 176-180 there is a passage that explains the origins of tiki mug collecting. This is my favorite part of The Book! Two quotes that particularly stand out are, "...the belief that the human head contained the largest share of Mana (or life power) led to the custom of headhunting, with the purpose of accumulating as much Mana as possible" and, "...contemporary tiki mug collectors can be likened to 20th-century headhunters, lining up their prizes like tribal relics on the skull rack". Awesome stuff...thanks Sven.

On the old Yahoo group my username was SolGrinder...but that's another story altogether.

ModMana :drink:

Post #66041 by ModMana on Mon, Dec 22, 2003 6:24 PM